The team had lost 6 wickets for 48 runs, then Akshar Patel saved the team by hitting 6 sixes, scoring a quick 86 runs

BCCI's domestic season has started with the Duleep Trophy. The match is being played between India C and India D in Anantapur on 5 September. India C is captained by Rituraj Gaikwad. At the same time, Shreyas Iyer got the command of India D. Gaikwad won the toss and called Iyer's team to bat. Iyer's India D, who came to bat first, fell to Gaikwad's bowlers. There was one setback after another and the team lost 6 wickets at a score of 48 runs. This put the team in trouble. Then Axar Patel came to bat at number 8. After this, he saved the team with a brilliant innings of 86 runs.

Many players of Team India are participating in the Duleep Trophy. However, on the first day, some batsmen including Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant failed to score big runs. While playing for India D, Akshar Patel saved Iyer's sinking team with his brilliant innings. India D started losing wickets from the very first over. Iyer too could not handle his team and returned to the pavilion after scoring just 9 runs. The team had lost 6 wickets till the score of 48.

Now the last hope of the team was Akshar Patel. After this, instead of bearing the pressure, he decided to create pressure with his counterattack. He started hitting fours and sixes and scored a fifty in 78 balls. Akshar Patel played a brilliant innings of 86 runs in 118 balls, in which he also hit 6 fours and 6 sixes.

The most special thing about this innings of Akshar Patel was that he scored runs along with the bowlers under pressure. At one point India D was desperate to reach 100 runs. But with his innings full of counterattacks, he took the team to a respectable score of 164. Akshar shared an 84-run partnership with Arshdeep Singh. Arshdeep Singh was out as the 9th wicket on the score of 160. After this, Akshar once again tried to score runs quickly but got caught.